Jack Mehort announces his retirement

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Originally Posted by njcoltfan

With Mewhort gone, theres no one left on the team from the 2013 and 2014 drafts according to PFT !!

2013 Draft:
1 24 Björn Werner DE Florida State
3 86 Hugh Thornton OG Illinois
4 121 Khaled Holmes C USC
5 139 Montori Hughes DT Tennessee-Martin Pick from CLE
6 192 John Boyett S Oregon
7 230 Kerwynn Williams RB Utah State
7 254 Justice Cunningham TE South Carolina

2014 Draft:
2 59 Jack Mewhort OT Ohio St
3 90 Donte Moncrief WR Ole Miss
5 166 Jonathan Newsome DE Ball St
6 203 Andrew Jackson LB Western Kentucky
7 232 Ulrick John DT Georgia St Pick from BAL
** 1st round pick traded away for Trent Richardson

It would appear that is correct; Mewhort and Moncrief were our remaining members of those two draft classes.

To continue:

2012 Draft:
1 1 Andrew Luck * QB Stanford
2 34 Coby Fleener TE Stanford
3 64 Dwayne Allen TE Clemson
3 92 T. Y. Hilton * WR Florida International Pick from SF[a]
5 136 Josh Chapman NT Alabama
5 170 Vick Ballard RB Mississippi State Compensatory[c]
6 206 LaVon Brazill WR Ohio Compensatory[b][c]
6 208 Justin Anderson G Georgia
7 214 Tim Fugger DE Vanderbilt Pick from PHI[b]
7 253[d] Chandler Harnish QB NIU Compensatory[c]

2015 Draft:
1 29 Phillip Dorsett Wide receiver Miami
3 65 D'Joun Smith Cornerback Florida Atlantic
93 Henry Anderson Defensive end Stanford
4 109 Clayton Geathers Safety Central Florida
5 151 David Parry Nose tackle Stanford
6 205 Josh Robinson Running back Mississippi State
207 Amarlo Herrera Inside linebacker Georgia
7* 255 Denzelle Good[2] Tackle Mars Hill

In summary:

2012: Andrew Luck, T.Y. Hilton
2013: None
2014: None
2015: Clayton Geathers, Denzelle Good

That's it. From 4 draft classes with players who would be in their 4th - 7th years in the league, we still have 4 guys on the roster and only two of them are full up starters who have contributed greatly (Geathers has been too injured for me to make that statement about him).

Now, Grigson had a pretty darn good 2016 draft which produced some pretty good players for the team but it was not enough to save him from disasterous 2013 and 2014 drafts.

1 18 Ryan Kelly Center Alabama
2 57 T. J. Green Free safety Clemson
3 82 Le'Raven Clark Offensive tackle Texas Tech
4 116 Hassan Ridgeway Nose tackle Texas
4 125 Antonio Morrison Inside linebacker Florida
5 155 Joe Haeg Offensive tackle North Dakota State
7 239 Trevor Bates Outside linebacker Maine
7 248 Austin Blythe Center Iowa

Kelly, Ridgeway, Haeg are all good players whom had made impacts and Green, Clark and Ridgeway have talent and the opportunity to show a new coaching staff that they deserve to be there. They may not make it but they are getting a fair shake.

Anyway, yeah, Grigson's 2013 and 2014 draft classes were terrible.

Walk Worthy,